Department of Defense news release (Oct. 5, 2004): DoD selects Hispanic Serving Institutions for grants.The Department of Defense announced today plans to award 15 grants totaling $3.969 million to 11 Hispanic Hispanic Multiculture A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race Social medicine Any of 17 major Latino subcultures, concentrated in California, Texas, Chicago, Miam, NY, and elsewhere Serving Institutions (HSIs). These grants will be made under the fiscal 2004 DoD Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before 1964 with the intention of serving the African American community. They are often liberal arts colleges or universities. and Minority Institutions Infrastructure Support Program. The grants will enhance programs and capabilities at these HSIs in scientific disciplines critical to national security and the DoD. This announcement is the result of merit competition for infrastructure support funding conducted for the Office of Defense Research and Engineering by the Army Research Office. The fiscal 2004 HSIs program solicitation solicitation In criminal law, the act of asking, inducing, or directing someone to commit a crime. The person soliciting another becomes an accomplice to the crime. The term also refers to the act of obtaining bribes, as well as to the crime of a prostitute who offers sexual received 71 proposals in response to a broad agency announcement issued in April 2004. The Army Research Office plans to award seven instrumentation/equipment grants (ranging from $37,000 to $200,000) and eight research grants (ranging from $240,000 to $499,000) with performance periods of 12 and 36 months respectively. Awards will be made only after written agreements are reached between the department and the institutions. The list of recipients is available on the Web at: <http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Oct2004/d20041005grants.pdf>. |
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